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UVCC LEADER APPOINTED Assessment Offers Plan for Future Romesburg Named Todd IIoksi.ky Staff Writer Wednesday, September 28 marks the beginning of another fall quarter at Utah Valley Community College. School officials have stated that approximately 5 ,400 students have presently registered for fall quarter and believe that duiin: die next iwo weeks of open registration, the total enrollment for the school will top over 7,000 students. According to Esther Webster, register for UVCC, "Our applications are up over last year. We think registration will continue strong throughout the rest of the registration period and we expect the total figures to be higher than last year." Already this seems lo he apparent. nnri The estimate of over 7.UUU registered students for this year's fall quarter is indeed slightly over last year's high of 6,968 students which represented forty-eight states and six foreign countries. Students from the Utah county area accounted for 75 percent of the school's total enrollment. With the increase of the total number of students enrolled, the number of new students to UVCC has also increased. Robert Loveridgc, Director of the Assessment Center, said that fall quarter of '87 had a total enrollment of 2325 new students. This year he expects an increase of 250 to 275 more new students over last year's total with 1600 students already prc-registered with Once the test has been competed by the new student, he or she may benefit greatly in selecting a course of study structured to help W 1 i I -Z New Students lake est during Orientation. another 1000 or more expected to enroll during the two week open registration. Every new student beginning fall quarter at UVCC must attend a new students orientation. Here, they not only learn about the regulations that govern our school and the standards they arc expected to maintain, they arc also required to lake a new students assessment test (NSAT). Students may ask themselves what good is the test and why they need to take it. photo by Morion Moor them in succeeding in their chosen field. The NSAT is designed to allow the school and it's advisors a means to allow the school and it's advisors a means to develop a personal education plan (PEP) for each student. The test indicates students proficiency in the areas of reading, mathematics, and language usage. With the information gained through the NSAT, a student can sit down with an advisor in their field to design a PEP to fit their needs. What this docs is ensures the student that he or she will be enrolled in classes that arc needed for their successful completion ol courses for graduation and not enrolled in classes that they tnink they might need. After having taken the NSAT some students may question whether they need to consult with an advisor for class selection. The answer is no, but various studies have shown that students who take advantage of these types of advisement programs lend to be more successful in terms of graduation over those who do not. Loveridgc slated that a study done in New Jersey indicated thai only 1 out of 9 students who did not used their adviscmcn'. system in their school, were successful in their major after a period of two years. Similarly, a study conducted in Colorado showed that students who followed ihc recommendations made through assessment testing were able to do five times better in English related areas and three limes better in math than their counter-parts. But even with evidence showing that following the recommendations of these tests have increased the CONTINUED PAGE EIGHT 7 OLLEGE TIM Utah Valley Community College Weekly Student Newspaper EC VOLUME 17 NUMBER ONE WEDNESDAY,SEPTEMBER 28 1988 2k Initiatives Proposed Kkva Mathkws LLd i ioi- i i- Ci iC f With the 1988 elections in the near future, there have been many debates over the three tax limitation initiatives on November's ballot. These arc designed to cut property taxes, repeal all tax increases passed in 1987, and give credit to families that have children in private school, or choose to educate their children in the home. The main proponent for the initiatives is ine lax luuiuuiuh Coalition of Utah Inc., an organization established for the sole purpose of letting citizens oi the state of Utah have their say on the present condition of taxes. The Coalition is aided by a number of other organizations and individuals concerned with the issue of taxes. The opponents to the initiatives include Taxpayers for Utah, an organization that believes the passacc of the initiatives would result in catastrophic damage to Utah and its economic future. A wide cross section make up the organization, which includes: the Utah Education Association, PTA, all major Democrat and Republicans slate leaders, the Utah Farm Bureau, the Utah Student Association , and other organizations, and individuals, that fell the initiatives -would cause damage to Utah's economy and educational system. The Peoples Tax and Spending Limitation Amendment - Tax Initiative A will limit residential property taxes to 34 of 1 of the fair market value and taxes on all other property to 1 of the fair market value. According to the Tax Limitation of Utah, "This act will put the people in control of taxes and " This act will put the people in control of the taxes and takes away the ability of the legislators and governor to impose heavy tax burdens on the taxpayers...." - Tax Limitation Coalition Impact of Initiatives on UVCC Stated Kkna Mathews' Editor-in-Chief The State Board of Regents has undertaken a strategic plan to combat the effects of tax initiative A and B, that will appear on the November 1988 ballot. Members of the State Board of Regents recently stated in the Publication, "Utah Higher Education: A 130 Percent Return on the Investment But, can the Performance Continue?" The two initiatives would deliver a crippling blow to higher educations ability to meet the needs of Utah and its citizens. If both of the initiatives are approved by Utah voters, the estimated reduction in revenues for higher education would be 34 million dollars. This is equal to the state appropriations for five of the nine public institutions." The Board feels the best way to compensate for the loss in revenue, instead of closing five of the nine institutions, is to increase tuition 25 to 30 percent, greatly reducing the quality, options, and opportunities, by cutting personnel, and program department funds, and reducing enrollment by approximately 10,000 students. According to information gathered by Doug Warren, Director of Budgets at Utah Valley Community College, the anticipated effects of passage of tax initiatives A an B on UVCC would increase student tuition at least 25 percent. For example, Tuition at the 15 credit hour level has risen by 58 percent in the past four years. Tuition now equals approximately 40 percent of the direct costs for resident student instruction and more that the full costs for the non-resident instruction. Jim Woods, Student Body President at UVCC stated, "I feci strongly that the tuition increases of such a magnitude would mover higher education out of reach for many of our student body. The value of this additional charge at UVCC would be approximately $1,121,909. Another effect would be the reduction of the schools total enrollment by 939 students. UVCC would lose andor be unable to educate one out of every seven students currently attending UVCC. The impact of this reduction would be most felt in Utah County. Over 77 percent of UVCC's student body are Utah county residents. With this reduction of students, Utah County residents desiring higher education may be forced to leave the county, and maybe the state. Another effect would cause a shortfall in UVCC's funding (after tuition increase and loss of students) of approximately $1,043,775. If this amount is spread proportionately throughout the budget categories, 54 employees will lose their jobs. Such cuts in personnel can only be achieved by reducing or eliminating programs and services. Kerry D. Romesburg, President at UVCC said, "The program cuts arc still in the informative stage. We don't want to identify and catalog cuts, until we find out if we have to make them or not." The proponents for initiatives deny that there will be such substantial cuts for UVCC or any other institution. The proponents feel the cuts will be at a low 61, creating a lesser cut that the opponents figures at 131. They also denied the reports that they were anti-education. The Tax Education Committee stated, "The Tax Limitation Committee, a strong proponent for the initiatives, is not against education. The point of TLC is this: If we don't save Utah from economic disaster, there won't be money to properly support any educational programs - either public or private. They propose to limit taxes to pre 1984 levels and hopefully restore Utah's economy. They CONTINUED PAGE ETGHT President ( V i !.. "I..... - jurat. Hkm Utah Valley Community College President Romesburg. Kkna Mathews Editor-in-Chief take away the ability of legislators and the governor to impose heavy tax burdens on the taxpayers during times of economic distress, as has icccntly been done. It also gives the people a direct say in the proposal of the new taxes, and insures that there will be open, free, and considered discussion with taxpayers before any new taxes arc imposed. The act will prevent the kind of political deal cutting that took place this past year." John Williams, counselor at Orem High School and strong opponent of the tax initiatives, disagreed saying that "Tax Initiative A will hurt the taxpayer, that the proponents claim to be helping, and will help big business instead. The system that Tax Initiative A promotes could raise property taxes for some homeowners." Many proponents have used the tax reductions that took place in California and Massachussctts as positive examples of the proposed initiative. The Coalition, stated, "In California and Massachusetts none of the negative predictions came true. In fact in both states, tax limitation is credited with fueling a n economic boom and forcing trovcrnmcnt to find better and cheaper ways to provide services." However, Taxpayers of Utah felt that California's Proposition 13 has not been an unqualified success. The group said, "Since the bill passed, some counties arc virtually bankrupt. Their once proud school system no longer has local control, they have one of the two highest student teacher ratios in the country, and their per pupil expenditure has dropped form 19lh in the nation to 26th. Moreover, the Taxpayers said that citizens can't compare Utah's taxes to the taxes in California and Massachussctts, "Utah's property tax exempts 20 of the fair market value of the home as intangible value ( sales.fecs.ctc.) where as California and Massachussctts don't. As a result of the actual taxes paid in Utah (before any lax rollback) arc lowci than taxes paid in other states after their property lax rollbacks were put into effect. The Taxpayers also pointed out, that Proposition 13 and Massachussetts Proposition 2 and 12 were property tax reductions only. California also had a four CONTINUED PAGE EIGHT As the temperature was beginning to rise in Utah Valley, Kerry D. Romesburg and family were preparing to leave their cold Alaska home for a hotter climate and a new job. Romesburg was appointed the new President of Utah Valley Community College April 13lh, 1988 by the Board of Regents, after the resignation of Marvin J. Higbcc, former president of the school. Romcsburg's official appointment began July 18th, 1988. Romesburg is the son of Bert and Edna Romesburg, and was born in Ohio, but raised in Arizona. He is a "family man", and enjoys spending time with his family. His wife Judy is also an educator, and teaches at Timpvicw High School. His two sons arc Rod, a sophomore at Arizona State University, and Don, a senior at Mountain View High School. Romesburg also enjoys hiking and loves racquetball. He plays it every morning. He also used to like to fish a lot in Alaska. "My wife is the only person that I know that didn't take a single math class in college, " said the President," She took Sciences instead." Which is kind of ironic, considering that is the subject President Romesburg excclcd in the most. He received his Bachelors degree in mathematics, his Masters degree in mathematics education, and his Doctorate in higher education from Arizona State University. " Math just seemed to come easy for me. I started out in engineering, but found it to be boring." added Romesburg. Romesburg brings a lot of background experience with him to Utah Valley Community College. He taught mathematics on a high school level for three years, before becoming a mathematics teacher at ASU. While at ASU he also served as an assistant in Institutional Studies, as a Planning Analyst, as Director of Institutional Research, and was a member of the Board of Regents. In 1975, he was chosen the Executive Director of Alaskas Commission on Post Secondary Education. That is Utah's equivalent to Commissioner of Higher Education. However, in Alaska the commission licenses every institution after high school,, including beauty schools, unlike Utah's commission that only license colleges and universities. Pres. Romesburg served in the capacity for 13 years before coming lo UVCC. The President said that his reasons behind getting back into cducauon was that he wanted to get back to a campus, and in contact with the students. He commented, "Thai's what education is all about. When you are in educational administration the students are just a head count, numbers, you just lose the humanity of teaching." Romesburg loves to teach and enjoys the classroom. He taught mathematics in Alaska, and plans to leach a class at UVCC as soon as he gels settled into his new job. So why did he decide to come to Utah and UVCC? He admitted that he wasn't sure he wanted to come to a community college at first, but when he met the student leaders and saw the hardworking faculty and students, he fell in love with the school. His family feels the same way. Romesburgs have never felt so much at home. "The community, campus, and our neighborhood have accepted us well," he stated, "We have enjoyed it all." Romesburg's plans for UVCC in the future include reworking and drawing more focus to the mission of the school. He feels lo do this the administration needs to maintain or institute good vocational programs, maintain the faculty, and specialize in different areas. He stated bluntly, "UVCC is not a technical college. Vocational is a priority, but you need a balance between the vocational and general studies programs." One of President Romesburg's main goals include taking progessive steps in assuring a semester system (which would replace UVCC's quarter system). He feels that this change would enable UVCC students to better compete in the job market. UVCC's sister school BYU gets out six weeks earlier on the semester system. He also feels that it would give the students the opportunity to learn a subject in greater detail, and would also give them a lot more flexibilty with thier various schedules. President Romesburg ended, "I'm excited about my job. The school shows a lot of growth notr-ntinl " . WELCOME TO UV2C!!!!! INSIDE JL Jimmy & the Gang 4 R0D20 WHH2 6 Editorials 2 Features 3,4 News 6,7,8 Dept. Notes 9 Marie's Calendar 9 Sports 10 h. v

UVCC LEADER APPOINTED Assessment Offers Plan for Future Romesburg Named Todd IIoksi.ky Staff Writer Wednesday, September 28 marks the beginning of another fall quarter at Utah Valley Community College. School officials have stated that approximately 5 ,400 students have presently registered for fall quarter and believe that duiin: die next iwo weeks of open registration, the total enrollment for the school will top over 7,000 students. According to Esther Webster, register for UVCC, "Our applications are up over last year. We think registration will continue strong throughout the rest of the registration period and we expect the total figures to be higher than last year." Already this seems lo he apparent. nnri The estimate of over 7.UUU registered students for this year's fall quarter is indeed slightly over last year's high of 6,968 students which represented forty-eight states and six foreign countries. Students from the Utah county area accounted for 75 percent of the school's total enrollment. With the increase of the total number of students enrolled, the number of new students to UVCC has also increased. Robert Loveridgc, Director of the Assessment Center, said that fall quarter of '87 had a total enrollment of 2325 new students. This year he expects an increase of 250 to 275 more new students over last year's total with 1600 students already prc-registered with Once the test has been competed by the new student, he or she may benefit greatly in selecting a course of study structured to help W 1 i I -Z New Students lake est during Orientation. another 1000 or more expected to enroll during the two week open registration. Every new student beginning fall quarter at UVCC must attend a new students orientation. Here, they not only learn about the regulations that govern our school and the standards they arc expected to maintain, they arc also required to lake a new students assessment test (NSAT). Students may ask themselves what good is the test and why they need to take it. photo by Morion Moor them in succeeding in their chosen field. The NSAT is designed to allow the school and it's advisors a means to allow the school and it's advisors a means to develop a personal education plan (PEP) for each student. The test indicates students proficiency in the areas of reading, mathematics, and language usage. With the information gained through the NSAT, a student can sit down with an advisor in their field to design a PEP to fit their needs. What this docs is ensures the student that he or she will be enrolled in classes that arc needed for their successful completion ol courses for graduation and not enrolled in classes that they tnink they might need. After having taken the NSAT some students may question whether they need to consult with an advisor for class selection. The answer is no, but various studies have shown that students who take advantage of these types of advisement programs lend to be more successful in terms of graduation over those who do not. Loveridgc slated that a study done in New Jersey indicated thai only 1 out of 9 students who did not used their adviscmcn'. system in their school, were successful in their major after a period of two years. Similarly, a study conducted in Colorado showed that students who followed ihc recommendations made through assessment testing were able to do five times better in English related areas and three limes better in math than their counter-parts. But even with evidence showing that following the recommendations of these tests have increased the CONTINUED PAGE EIGHT 7 OLLEGE TIM Utah Valley Community College Weekly Student Newspaper EC VOLUME 17 NUMBER ONE WEDNESDAY,SEPTEMBER 28 1988 2k Initiatives Proposed Kkva Mathkws LLd i ioi- i i- Ci iC f With the 1988 elections in the near future, there have been many debates over the three tax limitation initiatives on November's ballot. These arc designed to cut property taxes, repeal all tax increases passed in 1987, and give credit to families that have children in private school, or choose to educate their children in the home. The main proponent for the initiatives is ine lax luuiuuiuh Coalition of Utah Inc., an organization established for the sole purpose of letting citizens oi the state of Utah have their say on the present condition of taxes. The Coalition is aided by a number of other organizations and individuals concerned with the issue of taxes. The opponents to the initiatives include Taxpayers for Utah, an organization that believes the passacc of the initiatives would result in catastrophic damage to Utah and its economic future. A wide cross section make up the organization, which includes: the Utah Education Association, PTA, all major Democrat and Republicans slate leaders, the Utah Farm Bureau, the Utah Student Association , and other organizations, and individuals, that fell the initiatives -would cause damage to Utah's economy and educational system. The Peoples Tax and Spending Limitation Amendment - Tax Initiative A will limit residential property taxes to 34 of 1 of the fair market value and taxes on all other property to 1 of the fair market value. According to the Tax Limitation of Utah, "This act will put the people in control of taxes and " This act will put the people in control of the taxes and takes away the ability of the legislators and governor to impose heavy tax burdens on the taxpayers...." - Tax Limitation Coalition Impact of Initiatives on UVCC Stated Kkna Mathews' Editor-in-Chief The State Board of Regents has undertaken a strategic plan to combat the effects of tax initiative A and B, that will appear on the November 1988 ballot. Members of the State Board of Regents recently stated in the Publication, "Utah Higher Education: A 130 Percent Return on the Investment But, can the Performance Continue?" The two initiatives would deliver a crippling blow to higher educations ability to meet the needs of Utah and its citizens. If both of the initiatives are approved by Utah voters, the estimated reduction in revenues for higher education would be 34 million dollars. This is equal to the state appropriations for five of the nine public institutions." The Board feels the best way to compensate for the loss in revenue, instead of closing five of the nine institutions, is to increase tuition 25 to 30 percent, greatly reducing the quality, options, and opportunities, by cutting personnel, and program department funds, and reducing enrollment by approximately 10,000 students. According to information gathered by Doug Warren, Director of Budgets at Utah Valley Community College, the anticipated effects of passage of tax initiatives A an B on UVCC would increase student tuition at least 25 percent. For example, Tuition at the 15 credit hour level has risen by 58 percent in the past four years. Tuition now equals approximately 40 percent of the direct costs for resident student instruction and more that the full costs for the non-resident instruction. Jim Woods, Student Body President at UVCC stated, "I feci strongly that the tuition increases of such a magnitude would mover higher education out of reach for many of our student body. The value of this additional charge at UVCC would be approximately $1,121,909. Another effect would be the reduction of the schools total enrollment by 939 students. UVCC would lose andor be unable to educate one out of every seven students currently attending UVCC. The impact of this reduction would be most felt in Utah County. Over 77 percent of UVCC's student body are Utah county residents. With this reduction of students, Utah County residents desiring higher education may be forced to leave the county, and maybe the state. Another effect would cause a shortfall in UVCC's funding (after tuition increase and loss of students) of approximately $1,043,775. If this amount is spread proportionately throughout the budget categories, 54 employees will lose their jobs. Such cuts in personnel can only be achieved by reducing or eliminating programs and services. Kerry D. Romesburg, President at UVCC said, "The program cuts arc still in the informative stage. We don't want to identify and catalog cuts, until we find out if we have to make them or not." The proponents for initiatives deny that there will be such substantial cuts for UVCC or any other institution. The proponents feel the cuts will be at a low 61, creating a lesser cut that the opponents figures at 131. They also denied the reports that they were anti-education. The Tax Education Committee stated, "The Tax Limitation Committee, a strong proponent for the initiatives, is not against education. The point of TLC is this: If we don't save Utah from economic disaster, there won't be money to properly support any educational programs - either public or private. They propose to limit taxes to pre 1984 levels and hopefully restore Utah's economy. They CONTINUED PAGE ETGHT President ( V i !.. "I..... - jurat. Hkm Utah Valley Community College President Romesburg. Kkna Mathews Editor-in-Chief take away the ability of legislators and the governor to impose heavy tax burdens on the taxpayers during times of economic distress, as has icccntly been done. It also gives the people a direct say in the proposal of the new taxes, and insures that there will be open, free, and considered discussion with taxpayers before any new taxes arc imposed. The act will prevent the kind of political deal cutting that took place this past year." John Williams, counselor at Orem High School and strong opponent of the tax initiatives, disagreed saying that "Tax Initiative A will hurt the taxpayer, that the proponents claim to be helping, and will help big business instead. The system that Tax Initiative A promotes could raise property taxes for some homeowners." Many proponents have used the tax reductions that took place in California and Massachussctts as positive examples of the proposed initiative. The Coalition, stated, "In California and Massachusetts none of the negative predictions came true. In fact in both states, tax limitation is credited with fueling a n economic boom and forcing trovcrnmcnt to find better and cheaper ways to provide services." However, Taxpayers of Utah felt that California's Proposition 13 has not been an unqualified success. The group said, "Since the bill passed, some counties arc virtually bankrupt. Their once proud school system no longer has local control, they have one of the two highest student teacher ratios in the country, and their per pupil expenditure has dropped form 19lh in the nation to 26th. Moreover, the Taxpayers said that citizens can't compare Utah's taxes to the taxes in California and Massachussctts, "Utah's property tax exempts 20 of the fair market value of the home as intangible value ( sales.fecs.ctc.) where as California and Massachussctts don't. As a result of the actual taxes paid in Utah (before any lax rollback) arc lowci than taxes paid in other states after their property lax rollbacks were put into effect. The Taxpayers also pointed out, that Proposition 13 and Massachussetts Proposition 2 and 12 were property tax reductions only. California also had a four CONTINUED PAGE EIGHT As the temperature was beginning to rise in Utah Valley, Kerry D. Romesburg and family were preparing to leave their cold Alaska home for a hotter climate and a new job. Romesburg was appointed the new President of Utah Valley Community College April 13lh, 1988 by the Board of Regents, after the resignation of Marvin J. Higbcc, former president of the school. Romcsburg's official appointment began July 18th, 1988. Romesburg is the son of Bert and Edna Romesburg, and was born in Ohio, but raised in Arizona. He is a "family man", and enjoys spending time with his family. His wife Judy is also an educator, and teaches at Timpvicw High School. His two sons arc Rod, a sophomore at Arizona State University, and Don, a senior at Mountain View High School. Romesburg also enjoys hiking and loves racquetball. He plays it every morning. He also used to like to fish a lot in Alaska. "My wife is the only person that I know that didn't take a single math class in college, " said the President," She took Sciences instead." Which is kind of ironic, considering that is the subject President Romesburg excclcd in the most. He received his Bachelors degree in mathematics, his Masters degree in mathematics education, and his Doctorate in higher education from Arizona State University. " Math just seemed to come easy for me. I started out in engineering, but found it to be boring." added Romesburg. Romesburg brings a lot of background experience with him to Utah Valley Community College. He taught mathematics on a high school level for three years, before becoming a mathematics teacher at ASU. While at ASU he also served as an assistant in Institutional Studies, as a Planning Analyst, as Director of Institutional Research, and was a member of the Board of Regents. In 1975, he was chosen the Executive Director of Alaskas Commission on Post Secondary Education. That is Utah's equivalent to Commissioner of Higher Education. However, in Alaska the commission licenses every institution after high school,, including beauty schools, unlike Utah's commission that only license colleges and universities. Pres. Romesburg served in the capacity for 13 years before coming lo UVCC. The President said that his reasons behind getting back into cducauon was that he wanted to get back to a campus, and in contact with the students. He commented, "Thai's what education is all about. When you are in educational administration the students are just a head count, numbers, you just lose the humanity of teaching." Romesburg loves to teach and enjoys the classroom. He taught mathematics in Alaska, and plans to leach a class at UVCC as soon as he gels settled into his new job. So why did he decide to come to Utah and UVCC? He admitted that he wasn't sure he wanted to come to a community college at first, but when he met the student leaders and saw the hardworking faculty and students, he fell in love with the school. His family feels the same way. Romesburgs have never felt so much at home. "The community, campus, and our neighborhood have accepted us well," he stated, "We have enjoyed it all." Romesburg's plans for UVCC in the future include reworking and drawing more focus to the mission of the school. He feels lo do this the administration needs to maintain or institute good vocational programs, maintain the faculty, and specialize in different areas. He stated bluntly, "UVCC is not a technical college. Vocational is a priority, but you need a balance between the vocational and general studies programs." One of President Romesburg's main goals include taking progessive steps in assuring a semester system (which would replace UVCC's quarter system). He feels that this change would enable UVCC students to better compete in the job market. UVCC's sister school BYU gets out six weeks earlier on the semester system. He also feels that it would give the students the opportunity to learn a subject in greater detail, and would also give them a lot more flexibilty with thier various schedules. President Romesburg ended, "I'm excited about my job. The school shows a lot of growth notr-ntinl " . WELCOME TO UV2C!!!!! INSIDE JL Jimmy & the Gang 4 R0D20 WHH2 6 Editorials 2 Features 3,4 News 6,7,8 Dept. Notes 9 Marie's Calendar 9 Sports 10 h. v